make this make sense

i'm trying to understand ... how does this editorial cartoon even make sense? why is the cannon ball landing in the middle of America? why isn't the Chinese dragon running for cover? i don't get it...

who pays a tariff? 

the importer - the person who receives the goods from the exporter - in this case, China is the exporter and the American is the importer

so ... if the importer pays the tariff, how does the importer recover the expense of the tariff?

the importer incorporates the added expense into the end consumer's price

so ... if the added cost from the tariff is added on to the end consumer's price, where does that extra money come from?

 everyday American consumers

so ... China doesn't pay the 145% tariff on all imported goods to the FSA, we pay it?!?

yep, you and me

how does that lower prices?!? isn't that just forcing me to pay a national sales tax?!?

yes. does it make sense to you now?

just sayin'

 

short on accountability - long on sleeves

my new tee shirt...

just sayin'

following orders?

 First Nations - Jews - Asylum Seekers

it is my fervent hope that you ALL will be held accountable when this insanity has ended

just sayin'

chain gang

it's a paper chain - like the kind i used to make for the christmas tree when i was a kid (cut from construction paper and pasted together with paste that smelled like wintergreen Life Savers - it didn't taste like it smelled, lemmetellya) 

 this one is a countdown chain 

 the top links are for the months

 and the bottom links are for the days of the current month 

cuz it sucks having to wait 20 

then 28 

then 31 

then 30 days

 and so on

 till a month link can be slashed off

gotta hold onto little joys that add up to big joys

*edited to add that Melissa does the cutting,  taping and assembly ... because she loves me and because she knows that i struggle with impending doom on a daily basis*

just sayin'

malpractice

 just sayin'

LOTR PC small group

 your number must have been sucked in...

just sayin'

april countdown

 1390 days

Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

nmvp

to paraphrase Ukrainian defenders...

who can blame them?!? America needs to stop threatening sovereign nations...

 and to paraphrase D.J. Wanx/J.P. Mandel

there were hundreds of red hats bearing Make America Go Away logos being worn by  Greenlanders who wouldn't agree to host him - so he ordered a line up of American service men and women who had no choice in the matter

captive audiences serving as wallpaper - disgusting

just sayin'

Dear Jack

gorgeously beautiful knitting and words

 https://www.yarnharlot.ca/2025/03/dear-jack/ 

or follow this link:

Dear Jack

just sayin'

nothing to see here...

it's the journalist's fault - his number got sucked into my phone

you did, along with your spineless fellow Republican senators

borrowed from another blog - me, too

yep, loose apps sink ships, Nappy

lying liar who lies

two lying liars who lie

semantics...

 is anyone buying this $hit?

does anyone care that these buffoons knowingly, intentionally and willfully endangered our own military men and women and LIED under oath about it?!?

does anyone care that the Dear Leader isn't going to do ANYDAMNTHING to ensure that it never happens again - calling it a hoax, fake news, a witch hunt?!?

SOUND FAMILIAR?!? same same same same - repeat the lie often enough...

for sure, we won't KNOW about it the next time because there will be no records - that was the whole point of using an unsecure app on personal phones that have been HACKED by the bad guys ... oh, wait wait, wait - we ARE the bad guys, so no harm no foul...

all to be replaced in the news cycle by the latest idiotic distraction - Muskolini brought to tears by mean ol' Tim Walz celebrating the falling swasticar stock prices - 

what a jerk. where's the compassion? where's the empathy? he asked, tears welling in his eyes

it's been chain-sawed, moron ... YOU did that ... own it!!! and FIX IT!!!

unbefreakinglievable - Americans need to wake the eff up

just sayin'

refund request

TEMU - item is defective - please issue a full refund

uss notwhatisignedupfor

old BigMac Donald

had a side of fries

E I E I O

my apologies to pigs everywhere

he isn't a strong man ... he is small and weak and mean ... he cannot, ever, admit when he is wrong

or say that he is sorry

he's a cheat, a fraud, a liar, a convicted felon, a loser

and he's really, really bad at pretending to be human

 he has never understood that NO means NO 

and THAT is why Greenland and Denmark and Canada and Panama 

and more and more Americans despise him

and THAT is why all of the rest of the World should never believe a word from him or any of his followers

here a lie ... there a lie ... everywhere a lying lie

just sayin'

bitch, please

 yesterday's man-baby post was all about how unhappy said man-baby is about the portrait of him that hangs in the Colorado State Capitol building

does he have a point? well ... he isn't orange, his mouth isn't shaped like a duck bill, his neck's mangina isn't shouting at us ... so, yeah, maybe

here's a LINK to the story behind the portrait - it's entertaining in a "bitch, please" kinda way - we know that his rants are intentional distractions from the horrors that he is initiating and executing, but this one is pretty doggone funny

in case you're thinking TLDR, i'll CliffNote it for you:

there's a gallery of presidential portraits hanging in the Colorado State Capitol building that is funded by donations, not by tax dollars

no one donated any money for Thing One's portrait, so some pranksters placed a portrait of Putin the War Criminal under Thing One's brass plaque ... it was removed (yes, a worker was "disciplined" for carding in the pranksters) and the Red Hats Republicans started a Go Fund Me to raise $10,000 for a portrait 

the portrait was commissioned from an approved photo, the finished portrait was approved by the Colorado Red Hats Republicans, and the Red Hats Republicans held an unveiling ceremony of the masterpiece in August 2019 - SIX YEARS AGO 

 the man-baby is whining about it and blaming it on the Democratic governor* who had not one thing to do with it - it was totally the Red Hats Republicans from beginning to end...

*don't get me wrong, i am NOT a fan of Jared Polis

the portrait was removed today by the Colorado Red Hats Republicans ...  he will find something new to cry about soon - anything for headlines that will distract John Q Public from the $hit $how that is today's FSA

do keep in mind that Thing One IS quite proud of his effing MUG SHOT - enough to frame it and hang it in the Offal Office

right there, over his Chump of Staff's right shoulder

just sayin'

but - her emails!

 wow, Secretary Hegseth, thanks for the heads up!!! let's hear it for DUI hires!!!

❤ fist bump emoji ❤ american flag emoji ❤ prayer emoji ❤

hugs and kisses from the all gang

(the Houthis, Iran, Russia, China)

hey, Pete - you and your fellow nimrods are fools ... you're immensely unqualified and your stupidity is gonna get innocent people killed

me

location location location

aaaawww!!! cute!!!

uhmmm ... meh

ugh ... turds in the grass

You can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter. 

The Eclectic Moose

just like honey to the bee

 

the feast of St. Upid

blessed are the tariffs 

for they shall enable the exploitation of the domestic consumer

 by a process indistinguishable 

from sheer robbery

adapted from quotes by Albert J Nock and Jesus of Nazareth

about Ukraine

 if you're interested in FACTUAL NEWS - as opposed to RT/Kremlin propaganda - regarding UKRAINE, here are some links to YouTube content creators who can be trusted to present actual facts and not the misinformation and disinformation that the current administration and the right wing news media is parroting for Vladimir Putin

in no particular order:

Jake Broe

Anna From Ukraine

Artur Rehi

Denys Davydov

Operator Starsky

Inside Russia

for example - there are currently NOT 1000 - 2500* Ukrainian soldiers that have been encircled by Russian troops who are "allowing them to live" only because Thing One has pleaded with Putin to spare them

it isn't true - it is another lie by the Kremlin and repeated by Thing One

 *Thing One continuously increases the number - not sure what number he has pulled out of his lower intestinal tract today

just sayin'

the four horsemen of the apocalypse 2.0

A Whole New World - A Twisted Tale

waste, fraud and abuse

LITERALLY - WASTE, FRAUD and ABUSE

 your tax dollars at work:

On Democracy

if the link doesn't work:

https://fpwellman.substack.com/p/youre-paying-for-the-torture-of-innocents?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=2f5vmp&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

is this cutting waste, fraud and abuse?!?

your government is paying El Salvador (whose total GDP was $34 billion in 2023) at least $6 million to "imprison" (read: abuse and torture) 250 Venezuelan men who have tattoos that may - or may not - indicate they are Tren de Aragua - no due process, no proof, suspicions

 their birth nation and their tattoos indicate that they might be gang members...

MIGHT BE GANG MEMBERS...

are they guilty? maybe? maybe not? who knows? 

who cares? 

certainly not Donald Trump who is too busy cheating at winning golf tournaments at his own golf club - a $4-6 million weekend on YOUR dime - to even offer consolation to the victims of the tornadoes (in RED states), let alone direct FEMA to assist in recovery

or little Marco Rubio who is VERY busy arranging the Great Territory Giveaway of Ukraine to Russia

or Tom Homan, the slack jawed ex-cop, who wants AOC in jail for educating her constituents about their rights and has stated that he "doesn't care" what the judicial system says about due process

 or Kristi Noem who is busy with costume changes, posing for videos praising her Dear Leader

 or Karoline Leavitt, Trump's mouthpiece, who smirks about the "fun video" of human beings being brutalized for the color of their skin, their tattoos, looking suspicious

but i digress...

we are supposed to be a nation of laws 

with the Rule of Law applied to everyone

 and the assumption of innocence until proven guilty

if a person is guilty, throw the book at them when their guilt has been proven in a court of law

this evil is being done in YOUR name and with YOUR money - are you okay with that?

just askin'

EDITED to add this LINK to an article by Philip Holsinger of Time.com documenting the treatment of these 261 men who were DENIED DUE PROCESS by the United States of America's current administration ... you know the one - composed of the party of Law and Order in the land of the free ... this was done in your name and paid for with your money 

if you are willing to accept this as being "okay" - do us both a favor and don't come back here

dot the eyes

the King of Sharpies' signature - embellished with eyes in those hoods

squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak

maybe he's on a Sharpie high?

by the way - whether he used an autopen or not, i'll take President Biden's signature any day over this pos drawing his name in his little faux leather folder for the kindergarten teacher

just sayin'

elbows up!

Canada is not America's enemy 

Canada has fought side by side with America against terrorism and fascism 

 Canada is our ally and our trading partner and our friend

we share the same values and principles

 and anyone who says otherwise is LYING to you

seriously, wakeup!!!

last week...

they're just getting started...

wakeup!

we all see it...

wake up.

sap moon

third full moon of The Thirteen Moons

30 pieces of silver

he is a liar  and a traitor ... don't trust anything the Fascist States of America says or does  ... the administration is corrupt 

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*this story has been debunked - it was Pro Russian propaganda*

*i'm leaving it posted to let you know that i admit when i'm misinformed and how easy it is to swallow misinformation and disinformation*